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t WEATHER MP- ?#~| MONDAY Showers liliilfei^J Low 57 p "HKITn TUESDAY Partly Cloudy K1BSBHH Tk J iui'& mu guvg uvuu vuav/u uujvt Compfcon her 500th career victory at ^ South Carolina. "N ow the record is ours," Compton said. Tm just real happy for the program. It was: a great day to get my 500th win becau se we had a lot of alumni here and fo rmer players who put us on the level we're at now." If that weren't enough action for one day, s eaiiar Ail-American pitcher Trinity Johnson broke the USC strikeout record when she recorded her 875th strikeout % in the: seventh inning. "It's an honor," Johnson said of breaking the record. "I was really surprised it came this quick in the seasoio." What more could the team or the school l -record 1,076 fans in attendance askfoir? "I wouldn't say that we were overwhelmed, but it was neat having t I New owners l Wallace Bookstores has ideas for USC bookstores CEDRl'i: SCOTT Staff Writer Let tJtie bidding begin. Actually, it's all over. What was the prize? A bookstore. WalLiioe Bookstores Lac., of Lexington, Ky., out bid Follett Bookstores for the right to operate the University Bookstore % in the Russell House University Union. Follett h ad been the vendor since 1992. Terms included in the 10-year contract include an unrestricted $500,000 contribution to USC and a guaranteed annual payment of $605,000 or 12 percent of net sades, whichever is greater. Fin ancial aid, * % BRAND! M. MARTIN Staff Writer ^ many ways to ^ help shudents discover and obtain financial support. The uni versity has received a gift of financi.Eil rewards from Mr. and Mrs. James T.. Pearoe of Greenville of $1 million for an e ndowment fund. The .endowment was a gift to help stress thdJ importance of higher education. The Carolina Scholars program ' MM { A t uiecora R #pa1rpi*c jlj.il vanvi a by Bryan Johnston, Sports Editor National records aren't supposed to be easy to obtain, so it was no surprise that Saturday's second softball game ^ betwee an USC and Tennessee, the recordbreaker for consecutive victories, went 10 inn togs and required the international tiebrejaker rule to settle the outcome. But in the end, as Carrie Elliott crossed home plate on Leana Troesh's single to give Carolina a 1-0 victory, the streak had reached 38 games, a new national record. But that wasn't all Troesh's single signified. TVi.n tiriyi rrovn Vinorl nnonV? .Tnir/*n GAMECOCK ONLINE Visit tl m * ? : # < K # | l g A Junior Sky Brown swings at a pitch Sati all that stuff happening here today," Kin Johnson said. In the first game, which Carolina fav( won 1-0, Johnson helped her own cause wer when she led off the second inning with a single and was driven in by freshman nee< promise impr Wallace also will make $18,000 of improvements at the School of Medicine bookstore. Follett will continue to operate the 0 Addams Bookstore at the corner of CO] Blossom and South Main streets. Now, on to the issue most students 1 are concerned about ? book prices. In addition to the mentioned payments to the university, Wallace also has set aside $5,000 for book-award scholarships. "The amount will be made available to the university. The university will decide upon the qualifications needed to be given this scholarship", said Tim Prather, Wallace's vice president for marketing and development. fron "Students would then get a letter the i scholarships avail recognizes incoming freshmen for Sun scholarship, leadership and character to a throughout school and community, anc Twenty incoming freshmen are admitted woi into the South Carolina Honors College rece and will receive $28,000 toward four sch< years of undergraduate studies, graduate or professional studies at USC. stut "It is fitting that the largest arts contribution ever to the university from Roo Greenville will help keep South Carolina's most gifted young people in our state for Sch higher education," Palms said "The mat Pearces' generous contribution to the Hai Carolina Scholars fund at USC is an investment in the future of South adv Carolina." Thi Pearce founded the Carolina Scholar's award to represent students who excel und academically, socially and culturally, or e The USC Fellowship office and Col This semester, freshmei English 102 will r Shakespeare's A Midsumn Night'9 Dream as par H their Freshmen Eng Program Common Reading the play performed by The the story in ETC. for more ie Gamecock's Home on the World Wide Web http:> (Same Serving USC since 1908 |W *5mt JJK^ajife^ v .. B^J|^H^HyiHHH9^H^ jM ^ Ji urday against Tennessee. The pitcher is 11-0 with a 1.06 ERA on t 1 Schultze's single to left field. The closest UT came to scoring was 'It was an inside pitch, that's my in the sixth inning, when UTs Jenny >rite, and I just turned on it and it Steele and Tracy Reidhead collected it through," Schultze said. singles and were at first and third with That would be all Johnson would two outs with Lisa Wyatt coming to the i as she struck out 10 in game one. plate. Johnson proceeded to strike out ovements for Universil / / bring that letter in to the Universit * ^ Bookstore to redeem for textbooks." [)nr management style is What if you're not one of the lucl I afferent from the Follett students to get tree books? mpany in that we empower You still can appreciate some of tl ?re managers to make the $350,000 in improvements Wallace hi nerchandising decisions. vowed to make. Qaiv\a aTfVinrn imnmiromnnfa tiro /w; UUU1C Ul U1UOC UlipiUVClUCUlO YVCU notice now are with the floor plan ar Tim Prather layout of the store. Wallace Vice President, "All the changes now are basical Marketing and Development to the front half, non-book portion of tJ _ store," Prather said. J J "It was unattractive and [custom* traffic could not flow easily," he sai Wallace also will brighten up the a the university notifying them of dark corners with more lights, scholarship amount, and then could Currently, Wallace does not inter able for fall imer Programs are holding workshops id students in filling out fellowship I aid information. The series of -kshops has helped students in siving awards and scholarships. The ilarship workshops include: ? ~ i training, 4 p.m., Tuesday, Gressette National Science Foundation olarship ? graduate study in science, h. or eneineerinp. 4 n.m..Wednesdav. anced study in Britain, 3:30 p.m., irsday, Harper College 107. Goldwater Scholarship ? lergraduate studies in math, science 1 V. ngineering, 4 p.m., April 15, Harper lege 107. Ih0 Lady Gamecock track a x^JL_J ran all over Clemson at the Cle -this e$r tigei page .1 k,n tr] Experience, then see """ an'.' V) A f aire USC. Check out ^^rtraces' See rAW on the program. SPORTS for more. i ' * ywww.gamecock.sc.edu UIIK "'v f : ; ; " J ;; - . *' '' j * ' * . j| - ^41 ^ * H BRYAN JOHNSTON The Gdmecock he season. the reigning SEC Player of the Week, giving her the record-tying strikeout. [ The only question remaining was if l Johnson could break the record in the i first game. That was answered when RECORD page5 ty Bookstore ty to implement new services. However, they expect to begin addressing these ty issues beginning with the Fall 1997 semester. le Said Prather, "we will be at the as university around October to survey faculty, students and campus m organizations. In the interim, I would id encourage customers to fill out 'Speak Out cards." ly Another change might not be as le noticeable, but can be appreciated. "Our management style is different sr] from the Follett company in that we d. empower store managers to make the se merchandising decisions," Prather said, "Product and buying decisions are id made at the local level," he said. Leaps and bounds. CathertiM team rnson What percentage of m ^ refrigerators in Amei % >5 white or almond IP , . ANSWER: 99% li 5 Source: Harper's Index INDEX Viewpoints 2 Etc. 3 Comics 4 Sports 5 Classified 6 f Apartment Shopper 7 * Fitness center , in tVi XXX XXXV TfVXIVU New center planned to handle demand PERRY SCHAIBLE Staff Writer A plan to start architectural drawings for a proposed $33 million fitness center for the Columbia campus will mean better access to better.equipment for USC students. The proposed plan dates back four or five years when USC President John Palms put the Division of Student Affairs in charge of the P.E. Center, according to Jerry Brewer, director of Student Life. The division found that USC is behind other campuses in what they offer students as far as fitness facilities. A local and national firm studied the Columbia campus and suggested what was needed to improve facilities, "and they found the need for a new fitness center, Brewer said. The current center is used for a teaching facility, and the new building will be designed for recreation. The Board of Trustees approved the plan in February. "When you look at what we've accomplished so far with the Facilities L TO 1 IJ 3 ] iviasier rian, we nave auuresaeu panung, housing and academic buildings, but we've done very Uttle for student life," said John Finan, vice president for business and finance. The new fitness center is scheduled for completion by the year 2000. The committee narrowed potential sites from 10 to three, but has not ruled anything out, Brewer said. Brewer said the plan doesn't replace the old fitness center but meets a higher demand. Three academic units will stay in the current building, as well as intramural and intercollegiate sports. The new building will be open for fitness all day, never closing for classes. The new center will offer an enhanced program, with 1,800 square feet of stateof-the-art fitness equipment, a basketball court with an indoor track surrounding it, multi-purpose rooms for instructional settings and sports clubs, and a pool area for lap swimming with an additional nutrlnnr nml fhr rprrpnfinn Rrpwpr sairl "The new wellness/fitness center will provide more opportunities to interact for students and promote a healthy lifestyle," Brewer said. Potential funds for the new facility will include a user fee. Other building projects being discussed [ include the Greek Village on Pickens | Street, an $8.1 million renovation of McMaster College and the construction | of the South Campus quadrangle, set to be open for apartment-style residence halls next school year. Junior Stephen Brady practices the hurdles under gsssggsj^^g^gj Coach s Melntoeh The Gamecock JUST ricaare -p FOR . - FUN